Disease Models

Meteobot® helps you control plant diseases. The weather data from your field or orchard can be automatically transmitted to disease models, which can generate forecasts for plant disease risks.

How do models work?

The models contain rules and algorithms, obtained from scientific research and many field trials. These rules and algorithms take into account rain, temperature, air humidity, leaf wetness, solar radiation, etc.

Wheat and barley models, for example, contain built-in information about the phenological stages of plant development and the yield risk. The resistance (or tolerance) to diseases of different crop varieties is also incorporated in the models.

Based on all of these features, the models provide a dynamic forecast for the expected moment and the degree of the infection risk.

The purpose is to spray only when necessary and with the most adequate product.

Why use models?

Wheat growers save on average 23 EUR/hectare from fungicides and fuel. For a farm with 500 ha of wheat, this means 11,500 EUR savings – each year!

DISEASE MODEL FOR BARLEY

The model also contains recommendations for nitrogen application. They are especially important for brewing barley, where the protein content should be high enough, and in the same time should be below a certain upper limit.

DISEASE MODEL FOR APPLES

Meteobot® has an integration with the Dutch platform for apple disease control RIMpro.It enables you to spray on germinating spores even during light rain. The platform provides models for diseases and insects listed below, as well as a model prototype to choose the best time to reduce fruit densit.
•Apple scab;
•Fire blight (Erwinia amylovora);
•Apple powdery mildew (currently – in prototype);
•Sooty blotch;
•Apple sawfly;
•Codling moth;
•Apple canker;
•Marssonina coronaria;